The Soldier Who Loved the King: : A Vow of Loyalty That Turned to Love Beneath the King’s Crown

di Lucian Reef (Autore)

Lucian Reef, 2025

The kingdom was built on blood, loyalty, and silence. Thalen, a decorated soldier whose heart knows only war, serves the young King Eiran—a ruler too gentle for the throne, and too burdened by ghosts to ever feel loved. Their first meeting is cold. Their second, tainted by suspicion. By the third, Thalen would give his life for the man he was never meant to love. Bound by an oath of eternal loyalty, Thalen becomes the king's shadow—his protector, his confidant, his quiet ruin. Yet the closer he stands beside the throne, the more he realizes that love, once forbidden, is the most dangerous rebellion of all. Eiran sees through Thalen's silence—the soldier's hands that shake after every battle, his eyes that hold grief like prayer. He entrusts him with his safety, and unknowingly, with his heart. But a crown demands sacrifice, and love is not among the things a king is allowed to keep. When a failed assassination exposes the truth of their bond, loyalty becomes a weapon. The council turns against them, calling Thalen a traitor who bewitched his king. And as war returns to the gates, Eiran must choose between saving his kingdom or saving the man who saved him. To the world, he must be a king. To Thalen, he is the only man who ever made him feel alive. Their love begins in whispers— in the space between vows, in the echo of armor striking marble floors, in the quiet prayer that neither of them dares to speak aloud. "If I must serve forever, let it be you I serve." But oaths are cruel. And when blood must once again be spilled for the crown, Thalen learns that devotion can break the heart more deeply than any blade. The Soldier Who Loved the King is the first volume of The Soldier and the King Saga— a slow-burn romantasy of devotion and tragedy, where every act of love carries the weight of treason. Told with haunting beauty and restrained passion, it explores the thin line between faith and desire, mercy and sin, crown and heart. He swore to protect the king. He never swore to stop loving him.

• Autore: Lucian Reef
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Lucian Reef
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232600907